Frontón Recoletos (Madrid, 1935) and Kimbell Museum of Art (Fort Worth/TE, 1972): a Structural Metaphor towards a New Monumentality
Author(s): |
Marcos Petroli
Paul Endres |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017 |
Published in: | Interfaces: Architecture . Engineering . Science |
Year: | 2017 |
Abstract: | Analysis of shell structures towards a modern figurative expressionism, and the raise of monumentality as character in universal programs on two iconic buildings: Frontón Recoletos, by Torroja and Zuazo (Madrid, 1935); and Kimbell Museum of Art, by Kahn and Komendant (Forth Worth/TE, 1972). |